Dictionnaire D’histoire Naturelle, Qui Concerne Les TestacÉes Ou Les Coquillages De Mer, De Terre Et D’eau-douce..
Bound in original tree calf, spine in compartments, decorated gilt with contrasting morocco title labels, gilt. Extremities worn but otherwise fine crisp copies, making a very good set.
£750.00
Details
SCARCE WORK ON CONCHOLOGY
Publisher
Chez Bluet, Libraire, sur le Pont S. Michel.,
Place
Paris
Date
1775
Synopsis
.avec la nomenclature, la zoomprphose, et les différens systêmes des plusieurs célébres naturalistes anciens et modernes. ouvrage qui renferme la description détaillée des figures des coquilles, l'explication des termes usités, les propriétés, et les notes en partie des endroits où elles se trouvent. par m. l'abbé favart d'herbigny. spine title, vols i and iii: didtionnaire des coquillages. trois tomes.
Item Description
THREE VOLUMES. 8vo. 4.5 x 6.75 inches. Vol. I, lxviii + 424 pp. Vol. II, [ii] + 454 pp. Vol. III, [ii] + 489 pp. + [3] pp.
Illustrations
Decorated by publisher's device on title pages, vignette at head of dedication, head and tailpiece vignettes and by initials.
Notes
A systematic encyclopaedia of shells (marine, freshwater and land) alphabetically arranged and especially concerned with their nomenclature. At the end of each shell description the author analyses the accounts given by other authorities. These include George Rumpf, or Rumphius (1627-1702) and Dezallier D'Argenville (1680-1765), better known as a writer on the layout of gardens, but who also published two works on shells in 1742 and 1757. Christophe Élisabeth Favart d'Herbigny (1725-1793) was a canon of the church of Rheims. A scarce title; COPAC records two UK copies, at the British Library and the Natural History Museum and World Cat notes only a handful of locations worldwide.
[Stock No. 22173]
Subjects
18th Century • Dictionaries • French • Natural History • Natural History/Science • Shells